Overview

• An Israeli drone strike on July 3 hit a car on the Khaldeh highway just south of Beirut, killing one person and wounding three, Lebanon’s state media and health ministry reported.
• Israel’s military said the strike targeted a Quds Force–linked arms smuggler accused of plotting attacks against Israeli civilians and forces.
• Later the same day, Israeli warplanes conducted heavy bombardment around Zawtar al-Charqiyeh near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon.
• Lebanese health officials say nearly 250 people have been killed and more than 600 wounded in near-daily Israeli strikes since the November ceasefire.
• Lebanon’s government lacks the leverage to enforce the truce’s terms as U.S. and French mediators struggle to curb the violations.